Imagine when a picture is taken by someone you think highly of, love, and miss. All of a sudden, the picture seems to mean even more unspoken words ❤️ .
Keeping the above in mind, Bambi is impressed, yet not surprised, by Bente’s talent in celebrating Japan’s beauty with her new professional camera. Thank you [Dank u well :)] for having kindly accepted to share your pictures with the readers of Bambi’s blog.
To thank you, following your beautiful pictures, Bambi would like to offer you three songs today. The first is “Il venait d’avoir 18 ans” sang by Dalida in the Japanese language. The second and third songs always make Bambi and her spouse think of you: As you can guess, these are “C’est une belle histoire” in both French and Dutch as well Mr. Jacques Brel’s “Dans le port d’Amsterdam” in Dutch :).
To conclude this brief post on Japan’s beauty, namely in the spring time, please keep on making things happen in life Bente. Bravo for taking the time to enjoy the moment, regardless of the place or stage of your life. As usual, much inspiring wisdom at a young age!
Thank God there is music in life to entertain or inspire us.
Thankfully, there is also something called a sense of humour (at least for those who still know how to nurture it).
Bearing this in mind, thanks to a Lebanese-American radio station, tonight Bambi discovered a new song (the latter may be a well-known one, but not by a dinosaur). She later found this bilingual melody on Youtube, hoping you will enjoy it too.
Even if she was sleepy, when she first heard “Danse avec moi“, Bambi felt the urge to dance. While later watching the video, she had an additional urge, which was to applaud… while dancing.
Anyhow, bravo to Ms. Hayfa Al Fakih (director) et al. for this excellent production. Thanks to Ms. Mirva Kadi and Mr. Shady Farrah (singers), along with their fellow musicians and dancers, for the fun moments!
This post is full of musical talent… and no, this is not an April Fool’s joke.
Thanks to Youtube, Bambi discovered a moving voice today. She is eager to share it with you.
Of note, this young French singer was born in 2005. Her full name is Ms. Erza Muqoli (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erza_Muqoli). The meaning of her first name is a cedar (at least in the Arabic language). Lovely coincidence since her beautiful and powerful voice seems to be as strong as a cedar!
If you wish, in the video shown below, you can listen to Ms. Erza Muqoli’s unique interpretation of “La Bohème“. Enjoy!
Whether Ramadan will start on April 1 or April 2 this year, may the crescent moon bring not just the start of fasting, but also the sunshine of love.
Taken from El Jazera
To highlight this month of spirituality, self-discipline, love, giving (“Zakat”), and night celebrations [Iftar], Bambi would like to conclude with Mr. Florence Pagny’s beautiful French song, “Savoir aimer” [Knowing how to love], which is subtitled in English. May love fill people’s hearts, grow there, and spread to prevail in our world!
A couple of months ago, in an 11-minute video, the GEOfocus Channel featured Lebanon, describing its history, geography, people, weather, and food. Bambi just took the time to watch this very well-done production. Thank you GEOfocus Channel.
After watching the documentary shown below, Bambi wondered what melody to symbolically offer to her birth country. In the end, she chose a beautiful 10-year-old song, entitled Lebanese Night, performed in English and Arabic, by Mr. Chris De Burgh and Ms. Elissa. She hopes you will enjoy discovering or re-listening to their song!
To her, Bambi will say: Thank you, bravo, and please keep singing and making our world a more beautiful place!
This being said, Bambi is eager to share with you her precious musical discovery!
The first song in French was Ms. Melki’s tribute to Beirut in August 2021 (one year after the surrealistic port explosion). She chose to interpret Mr. Jacques Brel’s “Ne me quitte pas” [Please, do not leave me]. She does not know about you, but Bambi’s heart will always be moved by the powerful text/melody of this eternal song. Thank you, Ms. Leila Milki, for your beautiful interpretation!
The second French song is La Bohème. The late Mr. Aznavour would have been proud to listen to this version of his beautiful song, Bambi is convinced!
The third English song is “Freedom” by Beyoncé. Bravo as well!
And now, if you are homesick for the Christmas season, here is an English carol for you :). What a very nice fourth song!
The fifth song is a great Medley of Fairouz’ Nihna Wel Amar Giran [The moon, our neighbour] and Ms. Edith Piaf’s La vie en Rose. Bravo to the two artists!
Finally, the last song is Fairouz’ Bint el Shalabiaya [a song about a pretty girl]. Bambi hopes you will enjoy it, especially you Alexis if you are reading until now :).
A picture of Ms. Sandra Succar taken from the internet. Congratulations to her!
Bambi would like to begin by thanking her friends Nadim and Hala for sharing the wonderful news. She is also grateful for her sister Roula for sharing the video below on her Twitter account. This being said, bravo to the talented Ms. Sandra Succar, the 23-year-old Lebanese athlete in Mixed Martial Arts (MMM): She offered her country a World Championship. Mabrouk to the Champion of the Land of the Cedars!!!
Below you can listen to Ms. Succar in English (with her moving words about her country that is going through very dark days!). She also shares her winning strategy. Isn’t it refreshing and sweet (like this athlete’s family name) to finally hear joyful news from Lebanon?
Think of it. The athletes of Lebanon are totally on their own: No public support, no gas to drive to their training places, no power to have electricity while training or resting at home, no energy to heat their place (this winter and spring have been very cold), perhaps little or no food in their fridge… and if they have access to all the latter, it is HIGHLY expensive (due to hyperinflation). Yet, they work hard and dream big!
Likely because of all the above, Bambi had tears in her eyes when she listened to the Lebanese National Anthem (segment on the radio). Bravo and thanks again Ms. Sandra Succar!
To conclude this post, Bambi will offer “our” Champion two songs: (1) The National anthem of her country– kids’ style, subtitled in English and (2). Mr. Ramy Ayach’s Mabrouk [Congrats] song :)!
She sends her condolences first to Ms. Claudette Bradshaw’s family as well as to her close friends, former colleagues, former staff, Canada’s scientific community, healthcare providers, and families affected by or supporting individuals with the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). What a loss for Canada and for us in NB in particular… What an impressive chapter that is turned!
Indeed, Ms Bradshaw has been a high-calibre Liberal federal politician for many years. She was the Minister of Labour, Minister responsible for the Francophonie, Minister of State and also Minister responsible for homelessness (https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/claudette-bradshaw(134)/roles).
She was competent, authentic, and devoted (i.e., people-oriented, principled, etc.). With all due respect to all the good politicians of the entire world, the honourable Claudette Bradshaw was something else. Thanks to her for all what she has done for her country and people.Thank goodness her legacy will stay with us. Her memory, both political and human, will surely be eternal.
Indeed, Ms. Claudette Bradshaw has inspired MANY Canadians, including Bambi. Among her significant contributions, we are all grateful for her incredible championship for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, across the country, and particularly here in her native New Brunswick.
There is a reason why there is an award in her name by the prestigious CanFASD or “The Canada Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Research Network (CanFASD)”, which is a “collaborative, interdisciplinary research network, with collaborators, researchers and partners across the nation. It is Canada’s first comprehensive national Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) research network. It started as an alliance of seven jurisdictions and operated for seven years as the Canada Northwest FASD Research Network.”
In honouring Ms. Bradshaw, if she may, Bambi would like to publicly “re-tell” her what she had the chance to express to her privately here in Sackville at one of the editions of the Mount A Breakfast Chats she used to annually organize in the community and moderate: She is a fan and she was grateful to how she (and her spouse) kindly immediately accepted Bambi’s invitation to the event. They drove to Sackville on an early Saturday morning in slightly challenging weather. Ms. Bradshaw was a great listener at that event. Toward the end, she also actively participated, enriching the discussion among the 50+ community members and and the talented speakers (experts in the FASD field).
Of note, participants of this event may likely remember, like Bambi, a comment made by Ms. Bradshaw. Her words have impressed at least two participants from the nearby Nova Scotia. They contacted Bambi after the event to express their sentiment. In their mind and in Bambi’s, it is rare in life to hear some professionals (e.g., dentists) praising the work of another colleague (who worked on the teeth of their patients before them). In the same way, it is often very rare, and thus refreshing, to hear a politician speaking highly of their political opponents. This is what Ms. Claudette Bradshaw elegantly and honestly did: In one of her comments, she mentioned in a positive way the budget surplus her Ministry (of Labour, if Bambi recalls well) inherited from the former government (i.e., of Mr. Stephen Harper).
To honour you/your memory Ms. Claudette Bradshaw, if she may, Bambi would like to offer you the Time to Say Goodbye ‘s song by Mr. Andrea Bocelli and Ms. Sarah Brightman.
May your memory be eternal. May your family members find peace in their hearts with every passing hour, day, week, month, year. As for us Canadians, may we have the chance to elect politicians of the calibre and decency of the honourable Claudette Bradshaw…
Bambi’s heart now goes to the family and friends of Ms. Rita Antoun Hardini. The latter was was just over 18 year old when she was seriously injured in the surrealistic Beirut port explosion of August 4, 2020.
It is hard to imagine just half of single drop of the ocean of sorrow of Ms. Hardini’s parents who will be burying their daughter today. Of note, she has lived the last 19 months of her short life on life support… just like her bankrupt country.
In Ici Beyrouth, we can read the powerful words of Ms. Marianne Fadoulian, the sister of Gaya, another blast victim (https://icibeyrouth.com/societe/53545). According to Ms. Fadoulian, the Lebanese political power “continues to turn a deaf ear, ignoring the claims of those close to the victims… The officials are trying to find a thousand legal and political formulas to prevent the investigation from continuing and the judgment of the culprits“.
To conclude this sad post, Bambi would like to pay tribute to Ms. Rita Antoun Hardini with the beautiful music of a moving, great German musician she discovered yesterday (and she will follow from now on, http://silvio-schneider.de/). His guitar piece, composed in 2015, is entitled “Beyrouth“…
May your memory be eternal Rita (or Ms. Rita Antoun Hardini). May God know how to comfort your family. May justice (and love) finally prevail in Beirut…
